Definition of amenable

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a·me·na·ble    (-mn-bl, -mn-) KEY  

ADJECTIVE:

1. Responsive to advice, authority, or suggestion; willing.
2. Responsible to higher authority; accountable: amenable to the law. See Synonyms at responsible.
3. Susceptible or open, as to testing or criticism: "The phenomenon of mind . . . is much more complex, though also more amenable to scientific investigation, than anyone suspected" (Michael D. Lemonick).

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ETYMOLOGY:
Probably alteration of Middle English menable, from Old French, from mener, to lead, from Latin minre, to drive, from minr, to threaten, from minae, threats; see men- ² in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
a·mena·bili·ty or a·mena·ble·ness (Noun), a·mena·bly (Adverb)

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